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C. K. STINSON. Paolfzage Fastener.

No. 241,085. Patented May 3,188l.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

CHARLES K. STINSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO EDWARD H. BAILEY, OFSAME PLAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,085, dated May 3,1881.

Application filed January 26, 1881.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES K. STINsoN, a citizen of the UnitedStates,resid'iugat New York, iu the county and State of New York,haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Bands for FasteningPackages, Svc., ofwhich the following is afull,clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the drawings accompanying andforming a part of the same.

My invention relates to improvements in fastening-bands for packages,bundles, 85e.; and the main objects of my improvement are to provide aband having a locking or securing device which is simple inconstruction, quickly and easily adjusted around the package, and inwhich the material is greatly economized iu manufacturing such fastener.

The accompanying drawings fully illustrate my improvements.

Figure l represents my improved fasteningband applied to a package. Fig.2 is an end view of the clamping-plate, one end of the band removed; andFig. 3 is a plan view of the clamping-plate with the band withdrawn.

a is a rectangular plate, made of tin or any other soft flexible metal.

b is a band composed of stout strong paper. To form this band the paperis cut in a strip of a width a little more than double the width of theband` desired to be made, and folded lengthwise, one edge lapping overthe other to secure greater strength.

rlhe plate a is cut or stamped out from a thin sheet of tin, or othersuitable metal or material, and it is provided with a longitudinal slashor cut, c, on each side, which cut extends transversely of the plate ateach end toward the center, as shown at d d. It is only necessary thatthc transverse cut should be deep enough to permit the rim c to be bentup, as shown in Fig. 2, sufliciently far to form an aperture throughwhich the end of the band can bc inserted.

It will be observed that no portion ot' the plate is cut ont to form anopening to receive the band, as is generally the case, the opening beingmade by pressing the rim portion up or down, as it is desired to fastenthe end of the baud either on the under side or on the (No model.)

upper side of theplate. The rim being pressed 5o down, the end of theband is passed over the rim e, down through the aperture thus formed,and is clamped within the plate by bending back the rim into its naturalposition.

When applying my device as a fasteningband for tiles of papers, 85o., Iprefer to clamp one end of the bandas and in the maunerjust described,and bring the other up through the plate, and secure it on the upper oroutside,

instead of ou the under side of the plate, so 6o that it is moreconvenient for use in enlarging vor diminishing the size ot' the band,to adapt it to a greater or less thickness of the tile. In this ease Ibend the rim c down, and pass the paper band up through from the underside,

and when the rim is bent back to its normal condition the edges of theslash are brought together and the band securely clamped therein. Theend ofthe band is then passed under the raised barj', which is formed byslashing 7o the plate longitudinally in the lniddle, and

bending up thc cut portion to form a bar to hold the extreme end of theband, in order to give a neat appearance to the fastener.

lt is designed to make the plate aof eitible material, such as can beeasily bent with the fingers, so that thefastening-band canbe readilyadjusted to packages of any size. In its construction there is a greatsaving of time and labor over all others previously in use, as 8o theplate a is stamped out of a solid sheet ot' luetal without waste, andthc cutting out and slashing is performed by a suitable die at one blow.

Any material may be employed for the baud 8 5 that will best serve thepurpose, but stout paper has been found to be preferable for the geueralpurposesfor which the fastener isdesigned.

I claim- In combination with t-he band b, the plate ai, 9o

